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With the birth of a baby, a woman has many new pleasant concerns and responsibilities, the main of which, of course, is breastfeeding. However, very often situations arise in which mothers are forced to leave the house, and they cannot always breastfeed the baby at the moment when he requires it. Milk from a young mother may disappear due to stress, or it is simply not enough. Especially for such cases, there is an ingenious invention – a manual breast pump, a device that simulates the movements of the baby’s lips and expresses milk from the mother’s breast for its subsequent storage and use. Plus, manual breast pumps do not injure the breast, are easy to operate and care for, just know how to use a manual breast pump.
When choosing a breast pump, your feelings and requirements are key. Of course, you need to listen to the advice of friends and mothers, but the last word should be exclusively yours.
Manual breast pumps are of several types:
Piston
Pros. These breast pumps pump milk into a bottle and are efficient and quiet. Their silicone attachment massages the breasts to mimic the natural sucking process and stimulates the milk flow reflex. Ideal for frequent use.
Минусы. Hands can get tired from it. Plus, reciprocating breast pumps are not always durable.
By feedback mummies, a very good device, but they cannot call it silent. In addition, it is not suitable for women with very hard nipples that are difficult to pump.
Pump
They are a pear and a plastic pump for expressing through the action of a vacuum.
Pros. Price, the device is relatively inexpensive. but also
Минусы. Allows only small amounts of milk to be expressed. In addition, in such a breast pump there is no container for milk, its parts cannot be sterilized, and the fact that imitation of breastfeeding does not occur, causes cracks in the nipples.
Reviews about this type of breast pump, like the pump pump are varied. He absolutely did not suit someone. Someone broke after a couple of months of use. Some moms bought extra breast pads to reduce the friction of the nipple. All this testifies to the fact that the quality and convenience of breast pumps directly depends on the manufacturers and your personal sensitivity.
Breast pump with pear
Works on the principle of pump suction.Pros. Equipped with a bottle for expressing milk. In addition, such a device has a pressure relief valve.
Минусы. Suitable only for those mothers who rarely need to express milk.
Reviews about this breast pump indicate that it is not very convenient to use. A nursing mother is forced to hold the device itself with one hand, making sure that it touches the breast tightly, and with the other hand methodically press on the pump (pear) in order to express milk. It is very difficult to use such a breast pump model without a certain skill.